1747 in Austria

none April 2021 1747 Austria Template:Year in Austria Flag of Austria.svg 80px Other events of 1747 Timeline of Austrian history thumb|235x235px|St. Nicholas Parish Church in Sirnitz. Inscription "1747" on the tower. Events from the year 1747 in Austria. Incumbents Monarch – Maria Theresa Mayor of Vienna Andreas Ludwig Leitgeb Governor of the Austrian Netherlands — Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Events October 2015 thumb|227x227px|right|Battle of Lauffeldt January — War of the Austrian Succession – In the Hague Convention, Britain agreed to fund Austrian and Sardinian forces in Italy, and an Allied army of 140,000 in Flanders.Hochedlinger 2003 260 February 1 — War of the Austrian Succession – the Siege of Antibes ends, with the Allies beginning the retreat to Italy. March 22 — The Prussian ambassador in Vienna, Count Otto Christoph von Podewils, described the then five-year-old Maria Christina as pretty and witty. May 14 – War of the Austrian Succession – First battle of Cape Finisterre: British victory over the French. July 2 – War of the Austrian Succession – Battle of Lauffeld: France defeats the armies of Hanover, Great Britain and the Netherlands. August — Ferdinand Bonaventura II von Harrach is appointed Governor of the Duchy of Milan. October 4 — Schlosstheater Schönbrunn opens on the name day of Maria Theresa's husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. October 25 – War of the Austrian Succession – Second battle of Cape Finisterre: The British Navy defeats the French fleet. November 21 – Mozart's parents, Anna Maria Mozart and Leopold Mozart, marry in Salzburg. Undated War of the Austrian Succession: Spanish troops invade and occupy the coastal towns of Beaufort and Brunswick in the Royal Colony of North Carolina during what becomes known as the Spanish Alarm. They are later driven out by the local militia. András Hadik is appointed the rank of General and commander of a cavalry brigade.Darrell Berg (editor): The Correspondence of Christian Gottfried Krause: A Music Lover in the Age Sensibility, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2009 Paul II Anton is appointed Fieldmarshal-Lieutenant due to his successes in the War of Austrian Succession. Austrian Maximilian Ulysses Brownehe is appointed commander of all imperial forces in Italy, replacing Antoniotto Botta Adorno. Sigismund von Schrattenbach is appointed administrator of Hohenwerfen Castle. Births October 2015 May 5 — Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard) April 30 — Maria Theresa, daughter of Joseph of Schwarzenberg and wife of Siegmund von Goëss Joseph, son of Franz Wenzel von Wallis Antoinette von der Oeynhausen-Schulenburg, daughter of Ludwig von Schulenburg-Oeynhausen Deaths October 2015 Gallery References Works cited Hochedlinger Michael Austria's Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797 2003 Routledge 978-0582290846 1747 Category:1747 in the Habsburg monarchy Category:1747 in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in Austria